Shirt.



E. S. JUDGE.

SHIRT. APPLIOATION FILED mo. 20, 1909.

Patented Aug. 2, 1910.

UNITED STATES EMILY SIMPSON JUDGE,

OF SANDGATE, ENGLAND.

SHIRT.

Application filed December Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 2, 1910. 20, 1909. Serial No. 534,100.

. ing to be a full, clear, and exact-description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertalns to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for attachment to mens shirts and is mainly adapted to overcome certain draw at the chest with -t the wearer, more especially when thelwearer is seated, causing theshi t f toass'ume a position that is condiic e to great-discomfort and which is eitreinly detriiiiental to the personal appearance of the wearer. T o obviate this drawback, devices have been proposed, attachable by a spring clip to the shirt, and by a button to the waistcoat.

The object of my invention is to provide an appliance which is easily, quickly and completely detachable, and also prevents such bulging out of the shirt front.

In carrying out my invention, I make two button holes of a convenient size one a short distance above the other in the waistcoat immediately under the lapel or roll, and, so as to come immediately below these openings provide similar button holes in the stiff shirt front so that the button holes register in pairs. These button holes are made on each side of the shirt front and on each side of the waistcoat so that they are situated by preference about midway between the shoulder and the top button of the waistcoat, experience having proved that this position is most advantageous for preventing the bulg- 111g.

The device which I use with the button holes and which may be varied according to the taste of the wearer or the convenience of manufacture, consists of an elongated oval piece of celluloid, metal or other suitable material. This device may be stamped out of flat metal or the like with or without a den were? 1 central rib or may be of suitably bent wire of a somewhat similar shape. At each end I form a tongue attached or hinged to the device of approximately the width of the button hole, the length of the space between such tongues being that of the distance between the upper and lower pairs of button holes where the tongues are hinged. When they are hinged, I prefer to have the tongues made with a spring or other hinge so that they are normally retained at the same level as the flat devices, the springs being so set that the tongues may be retained either at right angles to the device or in the same obiflge'out 1.1,?1: j, movements of r S T shirt front to the ufiderslde" The lapels or rolls when turned back to their ordinary position conceal the ends of the attachment which hold the shirt firmly in position to the waistcoat.

In another form of the invention the device may be made in the form of a flat frame with tongues at either end and a notch at the base of the tongue where it joins the frame. In use the frame is placed in the inside of the shirt as before, and if of celluloid or some other springy substance it can be bent sufliciently to allow the tongues or lugs to pass through the button holes in the shirt and thence through the button holes in the waistcoat and out toward the front. When the devices are moved slightly the edges of the button hole catch in the notches at the base of the tongues preventing the falling out or return of the tongues from the button holes when not required. And in order that my said invention may be better understood, I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the drawing accompanying this specification, in which Figure 1 is a front view of a dress waistcoat and shirt with my device dotted in position, the lapel on the right being removed to show the device; Fig. 2 is an enlarged View of one of the devices dotted in position; Fig. 3 is a plan of one form of the device; Fig. 4 is a side elevation of same; Fig.

5 is a plan of a modified form of the device;

through the button holes already mentioned made in the shirt front, then through the button holes in the dress Waistcoat and then in the case of hinged tongues, they are turned down, coming into the position shown at Fig. 2. When the lapel is turned back the ends I) are concealed from view.

In the form of the device shown at Fig.

5 in place of the fixed or hinged tongues b b, I provide the framework d with one fixed tongue (1 and one sliding tongue e sliding on the central member ofthe frame. To attach the device in this case it is simply necessary to pull back the sliding tongue e, push the tongue d through one of the but-- ton holes inthe shirt and in the dress waistcoat and then push the sliding tongue 0* through the other two button holes.

f, so that the button holes catch in such notches when the device is in position.-

In all cases it will be seen that the shirt is held firmly-attached to the waistcoat;

It will be understood that I may modify the device in various ways, without departing. from the principle of the invention.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. In combination a shirt, provided with buttomholes in its front, registering, with button-holes a waist-coat underneath the lapel thereof, a frame, tongues secured to said frame by hinges, adapted to enter the button-holes of" the shirt and waist-coat from below, and to be bent downward and outward for the purpose of securing the shirt firmly in position to the waist-coat,

' substantially 'as described.

Incombination a shirt, provided with button-holes in its front, registering with button-holes in a waist-coat underneath the lapel thereof, a frame, tongues, one of said tongues being" movably held to" said frame, adapted to enter the button-holes of the shirt and waist-coat from below and to be bent downward and outward for the purpose of securing thes'hirtfirnily iii-position t'othe waist-coat, substantially as described. I

In testimony whereof, I afii-X' my signaiture, in presence of two witnesses.

Fig. 6 shows a form of the devicealready' alluded to in which the tongues b, have between them and the framework a, notches EMILY SIMPSON JUDGE}.

Witnesses: e

H. VJA'MES'ON', R. J. WILLIAMS. 

